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  Date : 2012-02-13
Fate of frozen embryos puts couple at crossroads

부부를 곤경에 처하게 하는 냉동 수정란의 운명
 
DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married 11 years. We went through eight years of fertility treatments before having our twins. When they were a year old, we discovered I was pregnant with our third child. The twins are now 2 1/2 and the baby is almost a year old.
 
For the first time in our marriage, my husband and I are at an impasse. We have two embryos left and need to decide what to do. We either use them or destroy them. I think we need to give the embryos the chance they were meant to have. However, my husband is concerned only with the financial side of it as we have been living on one salary and things are tight.
 
My heart aches over this. Do I do what I believe is right and stand by my religious and moral beliefs, and take the chance my husband will resent me for the rest of our marriage? I'm afraid I'll resent him if I have to destroy them. I'd appreciate some words of wisdom. ― DEADLOCKED IN NEW JERSEY
 
DEAR DEADLOCKED: This isn't an either/or question. I discussed it with Diane Goodman, the past president of the Academy of California Family Formation Lawyers, who suggests a third option. Your embryos could be donated for embryo adoption by a couple who have been unable to conceive, and who would love to raise them. For more information, you should contact an attorney who specializes in family formation, or contact the Snowflakes Frozen Embryo Adoption and Donation Program. Its phone number is 714-693-5437 and its website is www.nightlight.org.
 
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DEAR ABBY: I work in a small, quiet office. My boss sits at the desk across from me and spends a great deal of time biting his nails. The noise drives me crazy and turns an otherwise pleasant work experience into a stressful one. I've tried turning up the radio, to no avail. Do you have any suggestions on how to tell my boss that he has a loud and nasty habit? ― TRAPPED WITH A NAIL-BITER
 
DEAR TRAPPED: No, I do not, and I recommend against you doing it. Be thankful he's not biting his toenails.
  
* impasse 곤경 (=a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible)

* resent ~에게 화내다, 원망하다 (=to feel or express annoyance or ill will at)

* conceive 임신하다 (=to become pregnant with) 

* to no avail 소용 없는 (=of no use or effect, ineffective)
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